KSPI — Plan Price Calculation

Entering activity prices by hand is error-prone when many cost centers and activities are involved. Plan price calculation divides planned costs by planned activity for each activity type and repeats the calculation until internal activity flows between cost centers are fully reflected. The result is a consistent set of plan prices that matches the cost plan.

It runs at the end of annual planning, after cost planning and activity planning are complete and before standard cost estimates are created. It is rerun whenever the plan changes significantly. Controllers also run it in test mode to check whether a planned change in costs or volumes produces acceptable prices.

Select the cost centers or a cost center group, version and fiscal year, and run in test mode first. Review the price list for unusually high or low prices, which usually indicate missing activity quantities or misassigned costs. Then run in update mode. Only activity types whose price indicator allows calculation receive a calculated price.

For one activity type, add up planned costs on its cost center, including costs received from other cost centers, and divide by planned activity from KP26. The result should match the calculated price. Then check that a standard cost estimate created afterwards uses that price for the same activity.

Available in S/4HANA. With the Universal Journal, actual costs and allocations are posted in ACDOCA, while plan prices continue to drive standard costing and activity confirmations. Actual price calculation is a separate period-end step with its own transaction.

Most strange prices come from the inputs, not from the calculation.

Controlling owns the run and the review of resulting prices before standard costing starts. Cost center managers are asked to explain prices that move sharply against the previous year, because those changes flow straight into product costs and margins.